Pediatrics
Eight ways to make every day a Valentine for your kids
(HealthDay)—As Valentine's Day approaches, parents are reminded to shower their children with love and attention throughout the year.
Feb 11, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scientists discover link between autism and cognitive impairment
Autism can bestow brilliance as well as cognitive difficulty, but how either scenario plays out in the brain is not clear. Now a study by University of Toronto researchers has found that a tiny gene fragment impacts the brain ...
Jan 29, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Prescription drug improves symptoms of autism by targeting brain's chemical messengers
Bumetanide—a prescription drug for oedema (the build-up of fluid in the body) - improves some of the symptoms in young children with autism spectrum disorders and has no significant side effects, according to a new study ...
Jan 27, 2020
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Overweight & Obesity
Obesity as a growing social norm
From a philosophical point of view, we cannot reconcile a world in which so many people are suffering from malnutrition and starving for want a few grains and yet others are killing themselves through obesity.
Jan 10, 2020
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Neuroscience
New research identifies neurodevelopment-related gene deficiency
Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified that a gene critical to clearing up unnecessary proteins plays a role in brain development and contributes to the development of autism ...
Nov 25, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When do children begin to recognize hypocrisy?
Practice what you preach. Suit your actions to your words. Walk the talk. Hypocrisy is ingrained as a moral failing for most adults, but when do children learn to make the same distinction?
Nov 13, 2019
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Ophthalmology
Study looks at pediatric firearm-related eye injuries in the U.S.
(HealthDay)—A quarter of all U.S. ocular firearm injuries occur within the pediatric population, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Oct 17, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hardship could harm children's language skills
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are three times more likely to develop difficulties with language than those from more affluent areas, research suggests.
Oct 8, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study: Are kids hardwired for revenge?
Peter Blake, a Boston University associate professor of psychological and brain sciences and director of BU's Social Development and Learning Lab, set out to better understand how and when positive direct reciprocity—paying ...
Sep 11, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adolescents' fun seeking predicts both risk taking and prosocial behavior
Research shows that risk-taking behaviors, such as binge drinking, may increase throughout adolescence. At the same time, so can prosocial behaviors (behaviors that involve doing good to benefit others). A new longitudinal ...
Aug 27, 2019
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